Chain conveyer



G. E. ROWE CHAIN CONYEYER May 12, 1931.

Filed Feb. a, 1928 Jaw/2);):

' constructed, a olielinsconveyer is capublea'of '30 a curve initsownplane,2tndv Patented r p m n m;commmnorfie rr ONNEC; ITssiubmrvqfi lemme fAfi nc 'ti n melt Fiilfllfati 6}}1928 "Seri'aINo2511218 Thgsb'bj ect ofmy, inii'entiionijisflto provide 2, I jconveyerhaylngia strongsupport:ngsurfaoej;. I b

angl oa-pable of turninge round a curizein the samei'plafner astheic'onveyer. jAs ordina ril-y very little. flexure infits own plane,but by the noveliinea-ns hereinafter ClGSCIibBllIgllWG macle- :21, Chaineonveyer capablefof flexure in 7 its own plane wl ichapermitsgits use in,0011 Veying articles," such'fias glass,:bottlesgs'infa curyecl path. 7Such Construction, oftenihasgreat utility in factories in which space isrrlimiterl as it permits the Continuous.delifvery',

- v from'one point-to anotherthroug l the most a vailable'pat h; e

of articles 7 flnorder'to' more cleerly expleini rnyfiinjeni Q ition; Ihave shown one embodiment (thereof f in the accompanying drawings; in if Figure-1 1s Pla HIVIQWQOf et'chain 'eonveyer airtlyinysect-ion,

, jFig. Zisa side elevaitionelviewof conveyer passin g overje'sprocket}? f Fig. 3-is asicle- View of one o ftl1eouter:.f I links withthefconneeting roclsin 'section,*= r' 5 ig .is aside view 0f 'one'o'ftheniicldle 1* nksis owingthe QQI QQQti gr d' e in b bushings insection;

Fig; 51s a mOIQ'QI' lGSS Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the guide spool Iused around curves; certa n parts belngfshown I '1nsect1'on.

" through apertures l3 provided in l the} ends; v V of the links. Theseapertumsere of greater sufficient number of links, are l assembled sideby side to provide a .oonveyer 0f th'erdesirecl width washers 14arefslippedov'er the'enclsj;

cgtteclewy yj jf r n "themeliter of iol veyer of the rods and the ends:ofthe rodsa're'ftheii '"heacled'over to hold the ashersfinf place. Therods 11 are a little longerthan the com-i V binecl thickness of thelinkslwhi'eh:theyholcll in place so as'to provide a ieertain amountoflost motion longitudinally of thejrofcli:

By referring toFig. rl,it willabe seen that-'.; I

the upper links can be pulled e little gfarther fix r"entl meint niiproper.i-pit h sp ing e th se inks *ih'a' pi lepe :pi -spe fl ii th ion? ,r

i over the sprocket 19, as 7 'ash ii li ll a 5 binedtliicil essofffourglinksare used forithett 'P 'PQSQ' v r t o n th s ti hi i fispref ra y a e r outwarcllylvlatgeeoh gendggno dthe two out 7 Idiagrammatic iew showing the chain conveyer pass1ngaround I Chain linksof the ujsuel 'forinjare'helcl g together by connecting rods '11;passing;

diameter than thatof therodlFig. 3) to proviclee certain amount of lostmotion. j A- 'iit seen'isap in'it own plavn i' c nnec i g ods n o,feilmksrand ihus wni i h l tmey bbentaround & cnrr jitsiown1 pla;ne.5:i'

J? a W l t i w 11 1 @31 li litds ab QQ Q iU 'Ql" si b tii l e iminatelqs im i nx n ziewf of the linlrs near theimi'clclle ofzithe oonyeyer Itis Part cu arly imp ant to o ushings With ,outer-rliemeters ng 'thslightly; ugg than [then-com: T

P e e t" longitudinal dis a f the middle oup' to hold them i ut r linksfrigi l iviththe fi hing andhzi a light M9 1? lithiiespect tothegbushing"1111tet tl 1 t m1 flexu f his onye en, V Y

v is notj jecessary a th g ite *e' j eng ing teeth, although imanfitaetnre, i i$L l11t iil r jlinks he mad alike: 1 Y Y I gll'inkls ereshown in the V onve yer, and; this :arrangereereble,1 it obvious that-gsu'rh a nfrrangeinentiis not-essential for op-j erativeness, as'f the:driifing; :be 10} f v ethocls o erowmmmm m atfitheapm l es vi amnie dimtanti'ally equal totthat' of the rod} 1 01 5 hbwngli is i n ti-of ehset. ota e freely the ,conveyerin ay he n s'i i pfir edhy' aring l h-'nieyerinfitsprop.ereoi d ng thisere I ig fiwhere w eed nri id -lase cle1 35 side, and bearing bushings at the middle of said 'rodfwith' outerdiameters equal to the rods to provide for flexure of said conveyerabout the axes of said rods, certain of said i for the conveyer alongits inner side. There is little or no tendency for the belt to move,outwardly so that the rollers 18 are pro-; ,vided at the inner sideonly. a A shouldered bolt or'stud 17 provides a journal for the I spoolis to permit the washers l4 and the I In a chain conveyer, a pluralitynecting llnks having apertures in each end spool rollers 18. The cutawayportion ofthe protruding ends of the rods 15 to pass into this space sothat the bearing surfacevlsuon the links andnot on these projections. v

'I't'is to be understood that"theembodi-" ment of the invention shownabove is for the purpose OflllllStIfl-tlOD only, and variousmodifications may be madegtherein without dcparting from the spirit andthe scope of the inventiomas defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

of conthereofyconnecting rods of a less diameter than sa d apertures forholding the linksside by side,fandbushings for reducing'the lost motionbetween rods and apertures at the mid-- dle of therodp 7 2; A chainconveyer comprising a plurality of links with apertures in each endthereof,

connectingrods of less diameter than said f'aperturesfor holding saidlinks side by side,

I ty of links with apertures in each end'there'a of, connecting rods ofless diameter than and bearing bushings at the middle of said rod withouter diameters equal to the apertures and inner diameters equal to therod.

3. A chain conveyer comprising a pluralisaid' apertures for holdingsaidlinks side by apertures and inner diameters approximate- 1y equal totherod, the length of said rods of transverseconnecting rods, apluralityof being great en lost motion. 1 v a 7 I 4; 'A chain conveyer comprisingaplurality linksheld sideby side forming the ware bearing surfaceandpivotally connected with said Y I links loosely fitting said rods toprovide lateral flexure of said conveyer.

y 5. A glassware conveying belt structure comprising a plurality oflinks, each link hav- ,ing an aperture at each end thereof, andconnecting rods passing through the said apertures, some of theapertures being elongated relative to the diameter of the connectingrods .andlongitudinally of the links, thelinks beough to provldelongitud nal y a y,

veyer. and about an axis perpendicular to said first-named axis,

6JA conveyer for glassware comprising rigid links forming a ware'bearingsurface and assembled in rows transverse of the conveyer, means forassembling thehnks and by thebelt is adapted for flexure both about an"axis extending transversely of the bearing surface of the belt and aboutan axis perpendicular to such surface. p 7. A conveyer for glasswarecomprising rigid links formingafware bearing surface, said links beingassembled in rows transversely of the conveyer-{means for assembling thelinks and for connecting the rows thereof, and providing relativemovement between rowswhereby the conveyer is adapted for flexure aboutan axis extending transversely of the ware bearing surface and about anaxis perpendicular to such surface, means for, driving the conveyer, andmeans for flexing the conveyer about the second-named axis to causetheconveyer to travel in a curved path; 7

er diameter than that of said connecting rod,

whereby the links remote from said longitudinal median linemay have alost motion relative to said rod. l c V Signed at Hartford, Connecticut,this 3rd 1928. f l, v GEORGE E. ROWE. J

for connecting the rows thereof and providing' relative movement betweenrows, where- 7 ing provided with ware supporting surfaces, theconnecting rods being contained wholly M beneath the'saidsupportingsurfaces, and I asubstantia-l number of said links being held a in sideby side relationship by theconnecting xrods, whereby the conveyer beltisof substan-' tial widthand is capable of fiexure, both about w an; axisextending transversely of said con-

